The Joy Thieves release album ‘Apocalypse Pending’ via Armalyte Industries
Chicago industrial collective The Joy Thieves release the album “Apocalypse Pending” on June 5, 2026 via Armalyte Industries, fronted by Chris Connelly.
The Joy Thieves
Chicago industrial collective The Joy Thieves have released the album “Apocalypse Pending” through Armalyte Industries. The 13-track The Joy Thieves “Apocalypse Pending” album is fronted by Chris Connelly and arrives with a video for “No Anchor” and the focus track “Ambush Vinez“.
“No Anchor” follows the earlier single “The Wrong End of Your Rifle” in April 2026 while “Ambush Vinez” is a focus track on the album.
The Joy Thieves operate as a rotating collective: Joy Thieves Productions, run by Dan Milligan and James Scott, assembles contributions from a roster the band lists at more than 80 members into finished tracks. Chris Connelly provides lead vocals across the release. The project blends alternative rock, industrial, punk and hip-hop elements, and the band describes the record as carrying an anti-fascist theme.
The album is available via Bandcamp as download and on CD.
About The Joy Thieves
The Joy Thieves are a Chicago-based collective built around Joy Thieves Productions, the studio operation of Dan Milligan and James Scott. The project works by gathering musical fragments from a large pool of contributing musicians and editing them into structured songs.
Vocalist Chris Connelly fronts the group’s recent output. Connelly is a Scottish-born singer and writer whose earlier work includes Fini Tribe, Ministry, Revolting Cocks and Pigface. We published an interview with Connelly and Andy McGregor of Fini Tribe in March 2026, and covered Connelly’s appearance on the Moiii remix “Needles on the Tundra” earlier that month.
“Apocalypse Pending” follows the band’s recent run of singles, including “The Wrong End of Your Rifle”, and is released on June 5, 2026.
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